Anxiety of Biking, Pillion Rides & Maneka Gandhi statement

It was our college days, I had not got parental approval for owning a Bike, But my cousin a bold & beautiful girl, already had a two-wheeler with her. She had acquired expertise in four wheeler driving too. For me, though elder to her 'Nataraja-Service'  aka Walking and taking in City Public Transportation was only means of commuting. One fine day I had been to my Friend's house situated in her locality on my way back home I met her and she offered me DROP to my place! Those days our world had more of male-chauvinistic outlook, I reluctantly agreed to take drop, Though my "MALE-EGO-INSIDE", prompted me to sit as the rider instead of pillion, but my no first-hand experience of driving such a two-wheeler warned me not to take hasty decision and spoil the macho-man image it was craving for! Finally I took pillion position and safely landed at my house. My adolescence forced me to quickly learn two-wheeler driving and not face embarrassment to MALE- CHAUVINISTIC-EGO operating inside.

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It was my experience, let me quote one more hilarious one from my friend! He had bought a new bike and was slowly learning maneuvering vehicle. The twist here is without having complete expertise in vehicle handling He had stick a sticker saying -- "Macho Chase Me!" my cousin as i told an expert rider, used to overtake him quite often on their way to college! This guy came to me sheepishly and groaned -- " A man, Ask your cousin to drive slowly, definitely she will face a mishap". I laughed and asked him to be a 'Macho' before demanding people to chase him.

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These Incidences came to my mind, When I read our Union Minister, Mrs. Maneka Gandhi, statement on Male-Chauvinistic society. Friends, when we grow up Girls-Boys are equally brilliant in all aspects, but our society puts Female on back foot once they get married isn't it?!

Share your thoughts.............  

          
Here is an incidence of free mongers attitude of few people
Buy One Take One Free Attitude!

Festive seasons are known for discount sales, more than discount sales today we witness 'BUY ONE GET THREE' kind of offers on many dress materials we buy isn't it? More interesting among all this is BUY MOBILE SIM, Get Talk Time free, BUY TEA POWDER get Kilogram SUGAR FREE, Buy RICE, Get Bengal gram FREE in Wednesday Food Bazaars, Buy a Toilet Soap, get one Detergent cake FREE, Buy a Television Get a TAB FREE, BUY a CAR and get a Gold Coin FREE, the list of 'Buy one Get One' goes on and on. On lighter context, the best one is "If you marry Sister, Sister-in-Law is FREE", dialogue the freaky youngsters use in their street talks.

This applies EVEN in case of  many politicians and celebrities who are in limelight and some who have already moved to backdrop. I don't know who introduced this 'BUY ONE GET ONE' concept, definitely it should be an experimental result of Data-Mining and Data Ware-housing done by Food Bazaars and Dress Material Showrooms, who understand the needs of customers very well and change their shelf/rack items as the needs of the seasons change. We can observe all Biscuits, Cakes, Pastries in the same rack in a Big-Shoppe store, which is the best example for Data-Ware housing mechanisms to enhance sales of related products. So, 'Buy One Get One' concept has its origin in Data-Warehousing.  With this prologue let me proceed to 'Buy One Get One' attitude of few opportunistic friends we come across in life! Yeah, Yes the entire build up of this POST, is to narrate a real world incidence of friendship and how some characters take undue advantage of freebies, it brings in! I had a pal who had contacts in Road Transport Organization R.T.O, through which he used to get Driving License without any brokerage commissions. A common friend of mine whom I introduced to this guy, Initially struck a deal for his Driving License, My pal agreed to get it done at Rebated price, But the twist in story is on the day of getting the license test done, He brought his sibling also for the test and asked for 'ONE License Offered, One more FREE!' This is the best example of taking undue advantage of the situation isn't it friends? So, naturally nothing wrong in shops offering 'BUY ONE GET THREE' offers, when our mental make up is meant for the same.

    

About Good Old Days Ganapathi Festival & Money Collection, Read on....

ಗಣಪತಿ ಹಬ್ಬ ಅಂದ್ರೆ ಜಾಲಿ ಹಬ್ಬ ಪಡ್ಡೆ ಐಕಳು ಗಳಿಗೆ . ನಮ್ಮ ಪಡ್ಡೆ ಆಟದ ದಿನಗಳು ಇಂದಿಗೂ ನನ್ನ ನೆನಪಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಹಸನಾಗಿದೆ. ನಾನು ಮತ್ತು ನನ್ನ ಚಡ್ಡಿ ದೋಸ್ತ್ ಅಮರ್ & ಹರೀಶ ಹುಂಡಿ ಕುಲುಕುವುದರಲ್ಲಿ ಎತ್ತಿದ ಕೈ. ನಮಗೆ  LINK ROAD Sheshardipuram, ಕಾರ್ಯಸ್ಥಾನ. School ನಿಂದ ಮನೆಗೆ ಬಂದು ಬ್ಯಾಗ್ ಒಂದು ಕಡೆ ಬಿಸಾಕಿ, ಹರೀಶನ ಮನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಇಟ್ಟಿರುವ ಮನಿ-ಬಾಕ್ಸ್ aka ಹುಂಡಿ ಕೈಗೆ ತಗೊಂಡು ರೋಡ್ ಗೆ ಇಳಿದ್ರೆ ಆಯಿತು ನೋಡಿ ಝ್ಹಲ್ ಜ್ಹಲ್ ಅಂತ ರೋಡ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಓಡಾಡೋ ಜನಗಳ ತಲೆ ಚಿಟ್ಟು ಹಿಡಿಸಿ ಅವರು ೧೦, ೨೦, ೨೫, ೫೦, maximum ಒಂದು ರೂಪಾಯೀ ನಾಣ್ಯ ಹಾಕಿದಾಗ ಶಬ್ದ ಬಂದ್ ಮಾಡುತಿದ್ದ್ವಿ ! ಆದರೆ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇಳಲೇಬೇಕಾದ ವಿಚಾರ ಅಂದ್ರೆ Initial ಹಣ ಬೀಳುವವರೆಗೂ, ಒಂದೆರಡು ಕಲ್ಲಿನ ಪೀಸ್ ಹಾಕಿ ಕುಲಕಲು ಶುರು ಹಚ್ಚ್ಕೊತ್ತಿದ್ದು ಮಾತ್ರ Ultimate memories of mine.

ಅದೇ ರೀತಿ ನಮ್ಮ ರೋಡ್ನ ದೊಡ್ಡವರು ಕೂಡಿಸುವಾ ಗಣಪತಿಗೆ ಯಾವ ಸಿನಿಮಾ ಸ್ಟಾರ್ orchestra ಗೆ ಬರುತ್ತಾರೆ  ಅಂತ speculate ಮಾಡೋದು, ಪಕ್ಕದ ರೋಡ್ ಹುಡಗರು ಯಾವ ಸ್ಟಾರ್ ಬರುತ್ತಾರೆ ಅಂತ discuss ಮಾಡೋದು ನಮ್ಮ ರೂಟೀನ್ ಅಗಿತ್ತು.
ಈಗ Current trend ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಬರೆಯೋಣ:
ರೋಡ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಹುಂಡಿ ಕುಲುಕುವುದು outdated trend, 'ಈಗ ಚಿಲ್ಲರೆ problem is common'. so all of us deal with ಗರಿ ಗರಿ NOTES. But ನಿಮ್ಮ ಗಾಡಿಗೆ bamboo ಅಡ್ಡ ಹಾಕಿ ಅಥವಾ ಹಗ್ಗ ಅಡ್ಡ ಹಾಕಿ ಗಣೇಶ ರಸೀತಿ ಹಿಡಿದು ವಸೂಲಿ ಮಾಡೋದು ಹೊಸ trendಊ. ಇದರ ಜೊತೆ politicians businessmen ಗಳು ಸ್ಪಾನ್ಸರ್ ಮಾಡೋದು common ಟ್ರೆಂಡ್. ಇಂದು, ಗಣೇಶ ಫೆಸ್ಟಿವಲ್ ರಾಜ್ಯೋತ್ಸವ ಬರುವ ವರೆಗೂ 'ಡೈಲಿ -ಉತ್ಸವ' ಆಗಿ ಆಚರಿಸುವುದು ಮತ್ತೊಂದು ಟ್ರೆಂಡ್.  ಒನ್ More ಟ್ರೆಂಡ್ ಅಂದ್ರೆ all of a sudden ECO -FRIENDLY GANAPATHI ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಭಾಷಣ ಮಾಡುವವರು ಜಾಸ್ತಿ ಆಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ,  but during the speech they will use Bisleri, Aquafina or Kinley PLASTIC water bottles !

anyways September ೧೭th ನಮ್ಮ APPS -P.M birthday ನೂ ಹೌದು ಗಣೇಶನ birthday ನು ಹೌದು, coincidentally ನನ್ನ ಬರ್ತ್ಡೇ ನೂ ಹೌದು, Let us Celebrate with slogan, " ಗಣಪತಿ ಬಪ್ಪ ಮೋರಿಯ "